Pocket.



G. w. CARVER.

POCKET.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. Io. 1914. IIENEwED APR. 26. I9I5. 1,143,038.

Patented June 15, 1915.

. To all whom it may] concern:

. GEORGE-Wt CAB/VER, OFEAST ORANGE; NEW JERSEY.

POCKET; l

l speculation-of Letters Patent. Patented June 15,1915.

. .Applicationled March 10, 1914, Serial No. 823,639. Renewed Apri126, 1915. Serial No. 24,156.

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. CARVER, ay citizen of the United States,` residing in East Orange, in the county of Essex. and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pockets, of which the following is a specification.

Every mechanic feels the need of a safe,A

tool pocket which has no metal member to hurt, which he can use as conveniently as an open pocket and which will not spill when he stoops or takes olf his garment. My invention is such .a pocket, and has proved fully satisfactory in use.

In general terms, itis a dual pocket comprising an oblong main, lower pocket stitched to the garment at the sides and bot-y tom; and a supplemental, upper and outer pocket located above and lapped on and slightly askew to the main pocket, stitched along the full length of a closed side to the main pocket and garment, across the top, and along its access sidel for substantially a quarter of its length; and left free and serving as a flap for ythe main pocket at its bottom and flor-three-fourths the length of its access side.l The free side and bottom of the supplemental pocket give convenient access to the main pocket, which is made more free gy cutting away, bias, the free corner of the In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of the dual pocket, sewed to ar garment; Fig. 2 a sectional plan on the line 2--2 of Fig. l, and Fig. 3 a Vertical section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.`

The drawings illustrate a dual pocket 2 sewed to the 'leg l of a pair of breeches or overalls, and for convenience and neatness, `sewn at one margin into the seam 11 thereof. The dual pocket comprises a main, preferably oblong, lower, open topped pocket 20 and slightly askew thereto a supplemental,

vupper and outer pocket 2a, which constitutes an upward extension of and Hap for the main pocket and to that end laps o n it and is left free along its bottom and thence for three-fourths (or thereabout) of its height to a point 2b along its forward or access side,that is'to say, along the garment seam 11,-but is sewed to the garment along said seam above said point, across its top and down the opposite closed side,.to the garment and main'pocket. VSewing the supplemental ocket to the garment the full length ci) its closed, and only a slight distance along its access side, causesthe strains caused in it by use, to be bias; in which direction the elasticity of fabric is much greater than along its warp and Woof.

For looks, the dual pocket is made oblong and. the-main pocket 20 is sewed to the garment along its far side, across its bottom, and. intothe garment seam ll. But for use, the pocket is made much safer if the axes 21 and 2 of the main and supplemental pockets are somewhat askew. To attain this result without impairing the looks, the main pocket 2O is skewed by uniting it to the garment with substantially. diagonally arranged parallel marginal stitchings, 22 and 23.

The stitching 22 extends'from a point 24 at the top of the main pocket and inward4 My pockets are `made rights and lefts to4 suit their locations. They are especially designed for rules, gages and long hand tools. The wearers can pocket and take out such objects with a single deft motion; when the wearers stoop, and subsequently when they rise, the dual pockets will not spill; nor will they when the garments are taken off, even shaken.V Their safety is due to the facts (a) The supplemental pocket 2a is a true pocket extending the main pocket and when the garment is inverted acts as such, even though left free along the access side. (b) Skewing the axes of the main and supplemental pockets causes long objects, 3, carried in theformer to point from the access toward the closed side, as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 1, Vand to stand in the lower, 'access-side corner of the main pocket and point toward the closed side.

Rules and tools of frequent use tucked into the main pocket only partly entered under the supplemental pocket, and having an outstanding corner (as shown in full lines, Fig. l) are as convenient as though in an ordinary pocket, but will not fall out.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. Dual rule and tool pockets for and joined to worlring garments, comprising a main, lower open-topped pocket, and lapped thereupon a supplemental upper and outer pocket, a portion of the cloth of sald garment forming one of the walls of said pockets which wall is common to both pockets, said main lower open-topped pocket having for its outer wall a. strip of cloth secured to said portion of said garment at its bottom and sides but free along its top' and said supplemental upper and outer pocket having for its outer wall a second stri of cloth extending partiall over the top o said first mentioned strip o cloth, and secured to said portion of said garment along its to the full length along one of its sides, an only artway along the other of its sides to theregy leave an entrancew-ay to such dual pockets. f

2. Dual rule and tool pockets for and joined to working garments, comprising a main, lower, pen-topped pocket, and lapped thereupon a supplemental upper and outer pocket,A a portion of the cloth'of said garment forming one lof the walls of said oekets which wall is common to both poc iets; said main lower open-topped pocket having for its outer wall a strip of cloth secured to said portion of said garment at its bottom and sides but free along its'top and said supplemental upper and outer pocket having for its outer wall a second strip ocloth having an upper side to form the top of the pocket, a long lateral side and a short lateral side both substantially at right angles to said upper side and continuing therefrom, a short lower side substantially parallel to the upper side and extending only partway from said long lateral side, and an inclined side disposed between and connecting the short lower side and the short lateral side,r said second strip of cloth being positoned on said portion of said arment so that its u per side is substantially parallel with the ower side of said first mentioned will be disposed a considerable distance below the top of said first mentioned strip;

--and said second strip of cloth being secured along its upper side and along its short lateral slde to said portion of said garment, and along its long lateral side to said portion of said garment and to said first mentioned strip and said portion .of said garment against which lit rests.

3. Dual rule and tool pockets for and joined -to working garments having Va seam formed between adjacent sections and comprislng a main, lower open-topped pocket, and lapped thereupon a supplemental upper and outer pocket; a portion of the cloth of said garment forming one of the walls of said pockets which Wallis common to both pockets, said main lower open-topped pocket having for its outer wall astrip of cloth secured to said ment at its bottom, an along one of its lateral sides, its other side being secured between said adjacent sections yat said seam ortion of said gar-y and said supplemental upper and outer pocket having for its outer walla second strip of cloth extending partially over the top of said first mentioned strip of cloth and secured along its upper side to said portion of said garment th'evfull length along one of its lateral sides to said portion of said gar ment and said `first mentioned strip of cloth against which it rests, and only partway along-the top of its other lateral side which extends between said adjacent sections at said seam, said seam forming an offset edge between the top of said lower pocket and the secured portion of the lateral side of said upper pocket which is only partway secured between said adjacent section.

. GEORGE W. CARVER'.

` Witnesses:

H. D. PENNEY,

JOHN MORRIS. 

